Tauraroa, 11 April 1870 My dear Mr. McLean I have read with great interest the regulations proposed by Mohi in the paper kindly forwarded to me in your letter of 16 March. They are valuable as indicating some of the troubles of Maori society, as viewed by themselves, but especially as showing an acceptance of some important principles. I note the following: 1. That the jurisdiction of the Maori Magistrates in cases between their own people be limited in amount and defined by written rules. 2. That an appeal lie to the Cot. of the Residt. Magte. and that the decision of that Court be final. 3. That all questions of homicide be reserved for the Supreme Court. 4. That all Maori modes of obtaining redress and levying damages be suppressed by law. I should be glad to be allowed to retain this paper of Mohi's a little time longer, to give it further consideration: partly because I do not always see the drift of what he proposes, and partly because I should like to try to put his proposals into a more convenient form. Though even as they stand, they show a very remarkable aptitude on the part of the framer. If I hear nothing to the contrary I will keep it for a month from this time. I am, My dear Mr. McLean Yours very truly Wm. Martin